Beautifly is a butterfly-like Pokémon easily recognizable by its two pairs of colorful wings. It has large blue eyes and black antennae with rounded tips. Its face, underside, and four stubby limbs are gray, while the rest of its body is black. The main body of its wings are black with large, yellow markings, and smaller red and blue markings. The upper pair of wings are larger and have a line of yellow along the top edge, while each of the lower wings has a long, round-tipped extension on the bottom. The female's wings have smaller red spots than the male's.
Beautifly has a long and curled black proboscis that it uses to gather pollen and nectar — its favorite food — from flowers. Its diet also includes water, fruit juices, and bodily fluids from its prey, all of which it sucks up with its proboscis. Despite its appearance, Beautifly is known to be aggressive and greedy; it will jab at foes with its proboscis if it is disturbed while collecting pollen. The preferred habitats of a Beautifly are forests, where it rides the spring winds while searching for pollen. It competes with Combee for nectar.
Evolution
Beautifly evolves from Silcoon and is the final form of Wurmple.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Main series
Major appearances
In Seeing is Believing, May's Silcoon evolved into a Beautifly. From then on, it was used in many Pokémon Contests during May's Hoenn journey. It was eventually left at the Petalburg Gym after May competed in the Hoenn Grand Festival. Beautifly briefly rejoined May's team in The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!, and again to participate in the Wallace Cup during Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
In A Trainer and Child Reunion!, Aaron's Wurmple was revealed to have evolved into a Beautifly after the two reunited.
Other
In All Things Bright and Beautifly!, Janet used a Beautifly for the Rustboro City Contest. Passing through the Battle Stage, it reached the final round, where it went up against Chaz's Venomoth and won, earning Janet the Rustboro Ribbon. This Beautifly inspired May to become a Coordinator and catch her own Wurmple.
In The Blue Badge of Courage, Sakura used a Beautifly to help Misty stop the thieves stealing her Gym Badge supply.
In Arceus and the Jewel of Life, Kiko used a Beautifly in a Tag Battle against Ash's Pikachu and Dawn's Piplup, where it worked alongside Kato's Heracross.
In PK18, Pikachu and his friends collided into multiple Beautifly during an airborne chase. Out of anger, they caused a strong wind that blew everyone in different directions.
In Goodbye, Friend!, Ash and Goh witnessed multiple Beautifly evolving from Silcoon. They reappeared in a flashback in Getting More Than You Battled For!.
Minor appearances
Beautifly debuted in Get the Show on the Road!.
A Beautifly appeared in A Tail with a Twist.
Multiple Beautifly appeared in A Bite to Remember.
Two Beautifly appeared in the opening sequence of Jirachi: Wish Maker.
In a flashback in Love, Petalburg Style!, it was revealed that Norman proposed to Caroline in a meadow full of Beautifly.
A Beautifly appeared in a fantasy in The Right Place and the Right Mime.
A Coordinator's Beautifly appeared in What I Did for Love!.
In Mounting a Coordinator Assault!, a Coordinator's Beautifly was used in the Performance Stage of the Jubilife Contest.
A Coordinator's Beautifly appeared in Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!.
Multiple Beautifly appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.
In Riding the Winds of Change, Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy used a Beautifly to repel a Gligar away from the city.
Multiple Beautifly appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, multiple Beautifly were living in Pokémon Hills.
A Beautifly appeared in a fantasy in Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!, when Goh explained why he caught three Wurmple.
Multiple Beautifly appeared in a fantasy in Goodbye, Friend!.
In Trade, Borrow, and Steal!, a Beautifly was part of Kricketina Kylie's Bug-type Pokémon collection, as shown in her Rotom Phone.
A Beautifly appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
A Beautifly appeared in HZ075, during a flashback.
Pokédex entries
Episode
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Pokémon
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Entry
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AG013
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Beautifly
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Ash's Pokédex
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Beautifly, the Butterfly Pokémon. Beautifly have long, thin noses which can extend to suck the pollen out of flowers.
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AG028
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Beautifly
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May's Pokédex
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Beautifly, the Butterfly Pokémon. Beautifly is the evolved form of Silcoon. It loves sweet pollen and riding the spring breeze from flower to flower.
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Episode
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Pokémon
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Entry
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DP076
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Beautifly
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Beautifly, the Butterfly Pokémon, and the evolved form of Silcoon. When flowers are in full bloom, Beautifly fly about, gathering pollen.
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Episode
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Pokémon
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Entry
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JN022
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Beautifly
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Goh's Rotom Phone
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Beautifly, the Butterfly Pokémon. A Bug and Flying type. Beautifly is recognized by the distinctive colorful pattern on its wings. Sweet flower nectar is its favorite food.
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Pokémon Generations
In The Cavern, a wild Beautifly was flying away from a storm that Primal Kyogre was creating.
Ash & Pikachu
- Main article: May's Beautifly
May owns a Beautifly, which appeared in The Enchanting Pokémon Soul!.
Pokémon Adventures
In Creepin Past Cacnea, a wild Beautifly battled alongside a Duskull, a Wingull, a Volbeat, and a Cacnea against Norman, but they were quickly defeated by his Pokémon.
Winona's Beautifly debuted in Master Class with Masquerain.
A Beautifly appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, under the ownership of a Bug Catcher.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
In Dialga's Secret Keys, Team Galactic Grunt B-2 used a Beautifly to fight Hareta.
Pokémon Journeys
A Beautifly appeared in a fantasy in Legend? Check! Friends? Check!.
In Goodbye, Friend!, multiple Beautifly evolved from Silcoon. Additional Beautifly appeared in a fantasy.